Congress Quietly Considers 2 Bills Encouraging Federal Prosecution of File-Sharing Suspects

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

Washington

Under two bills that legislators are quietly pushing through Congress, those who swap music online in violation of copyright law -- including college students -- would have to worry about being sued by the Justice Department, not just the Recording Industry Association of America.

One of the...

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